The Arizona champion., 1887-03-05
LOCAL MATTERS.

week.
 The board of supervisors will meet on Monday.
 The tide of immigration is daily rolling in.
 March came in with bright, yarm spring weather.
 Western bound passenger travel continues heavy.
 Thos. McMillan and Geo. H. Tin ker are in Prescott.
 The new butcher shop is looming up in bright yermillion.
 The days of the legislature are rap idly drawing to a close,
 T. c, Norris, returned from Prescott on Sunday last.
 Ralph Cameron and Bob Bell have returned to their sheep camps.
 Mrs. w. F. Walters, who has been very Ill, is rapidly recovering.
 An elegant new sign is decorating the front of the Bank of Flagstaff,
 Cottontails arc not as plentiful at Canon Diabls as they were last year. FL. Kimball, of the Arlzona Cen ;ral Bank, went east on Mondays train.
 The measles are fast disappearing from the juvenile population of Flag staff.
 MT. Crawford, of the Albuquerque Democrat, paid Flagstaff a Visit this week.
 Clarence Neil is building a new res. idence between the new and old towns.
 Nearly all of the mail bags were burned in the railway accident at the Needles.
 Mrs. D. M. Riordan and Misses Full ton and BeckyIh are on vlslt to Prescott.
 P. I. Brannen has recovered from his illness sufficiently to attend to business.
 A new shoe shop has been started by R. Manns on Gpld avenue Give him a call.
 Track laying on the Mineral Belt is booming along at the rate oi mile a day.
 l. M, Stewart returned on Wednes- day's train from business trip to Albuquerque.
 'rhe, building boom still continues Lots aic now staged ol on the mesa north uf town.
 The usual services and sunday school will be held at the school house to-moyTov.
 Ed McCampsn, of Winslow, was on the wrecked passenger tram and fortunately escaped injury.
 The strike of coal miners is over at Gallup and the town Is quiet. Miners can get employment there.
 The Santa Fe company took formal possession of the Los Angeles and San Gabriel railroad on March Ist.
 Dr. P. G. Cornish went up to A. buouerque with the people injured by the railway accident at the Needles
 Qrs. D. J. Brannen and P. G. Cor nish were telegraphed for and went to the aid of the sufferers at the Needles.
 Deputy sheriff, John Francis. went to Prescott on Wednesday, taking with him Owen Klng, held for manslaugh ter.
 Roils, pimples, hives, ringworms, letter and all other manifestations of impure blood arc cured by Hood's 5 Satsaparilla.
 l. P. Force is the name of the new deputy collector of internal revenue for this district, who relieves MT. J D. Hughes.
 Sheriff Mulvenon was in town on Wednesday when he left for Nevada and ptabto secure witnesses la the Clevenger murder case.
 A locomotive got off the track in the depot yard on Tuesday. It took about twelve hours and an immense amount of noise to get II on the rail' again.
 MT. Riley, of Gila county, who ha' been in Prescott during the meeting of the legislature, has arrived in Flag staff and now occupies position in l., R. Kil2atrick's store.
 There will be social dance giver at the Grand Army Hall on the even ing of March I7th, St. Patrick's day Good music will be provided and pleasant time is promised to all whC will attend.
 The Aver Lumber Company have opened branch commissary at Will Hams under the charge oi M. J Riordan. They expect to hays abou one hundred men working there dur ing the summer.
 The construction train for the Min eral Belt Railroad started out on it' first trip on Thursday morning ir charge of J. C. Vining. Six miles O rails are now laid and progress is be ing made at the rate of a mile a day.
 Among the luxuries which have come to town is a new and conven.